Godas

Godas (488-533) was a Gothic nobleman of the Vandalic Kingdom in North Africa who was briefly the ruler of Sardinia in 533.

Biography
Godas was a Gothic nobleman of the Vandalic Kingdom in North Africa under King Gelimer, and Gelimer made him governor of the Vandalic province of Sardinia in 533. However, he stopped forwarding the taxes he collected and declared himself ruler of the island. Gelimer sent his brother Tzazo to put down the rebellion, and Tzazo landed at Cagliari and killed Godas and his rebels before a Byzantine relief force sent by Justinian I could assist him. However, the Sardinian uprising helped distract the Vandals from Belisarius' own expedition to North Africa.